Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week

Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week is a residential service-learning program that immerses participants in the life of Earthaven Ecovillage.

Our ecovillage provides the ideal living laboratory for a whole-life skills curriculum—a place to see regenerative systems in practice, food production in action, and community living on a personal level. Participants connect with the people, businesses, and farms of the Taylor Creek Watershed community for a hands-on, skill-building, life-changing experience.

The Earthaven Ecovillage Experience Week curriculum encourages participants to examine sustainability through social, ecological, economic, and eco-spiritual lenses. The learning journey weaves large-group discussions and classes together with intimate hands-on experiences in the village and farms alongside community members. SOIL instructors, together with the community at large, support participants to build important skills, foster awareness for global issues, empower the self, increase connection, and develop the resources required for daily life.

Curriculum:
Classes, discussions and activities will explore the following:

Organic Food Production and Natural Buildings

• Green homes (tiny houses, stud-frame, cob, straw-bale, earthship)
• Small-scale farms and home gardens (permaculture gardens, integrated farms, compost)
• Service-learning projects and farm harvest work parties
• Nourishing, local, sustainably-grown, organic, and wild food

Renewable Energy and Off-Grid Utilities

• Off-grid renewable systems in practice (photovoltaic, micro-hydro, radiant-floor heating, hot water diversions, wood-fired boiler)
• Biochar, a charcoal fertilizer with energy-positive production
• Development of energy alternatives to meet the world’s impending energy crisis

Resilient Community and Regenerative Culture

• Earthaven and other successful ecovillages and land-based endeavors (both rural and urban)
• The three-legged stool of sustainability—the social, environmental, and economic factors necessary for sustainable projects to succeed
• Earthaven legal structure and governance 101

Personal Growth and Empowerments

• Personal goals and resources through Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects
• Connection to yourself, others, and the natural world
• Designing an authentic, meaningful, and responsible life in the modern world
• Earth-based spirituality at the Summer Solstice celebration

In addition to classes, discussions, and activities, you’ll enjoy meals and rituals with community members as well as the option to participate in yoga, meditation, and hiking.

REGISTER HERE: https://www.schoolofintegratedliving.org/earthaven-ecovillage-experience-week/